Hiding in plain sight
Subtitle: the pursuit of war criminals from Nuremberg to the War on Terror
By: Eric Stover, Victor Peskin, Alexa Koenig
Contributors: Peskin, Victor, 1967- author; Koenig, Alexa, 1972- author
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 487
ISBN-13: 9780520278059
Subjects: War crimes investigation; International criminal courts; War crime trials
Description: "Hiding in Plain Sight tells the story of the global effort to apprehend the world's most wanted fugitives. Beginning with the flight of an estimated thirty thousand Nazi war criminals after the Second World War, then moving on to the question of justice following the recent Balkan wars and the Rwandan genocide, and ending with the establishment of the International Criminal Court and America's pursuit of suspected terrorists in the aftermath of 9/11, the book explores the range of diplomatic and military strategies--both successful and unsuccessful--that states and international courts have adopted to pursue and capture war crimes suspects. It is a story fraught with broken promises, backroom politics, ethical dilemmas, and daring escapades--all in the name of international justice and human rights. In this exhaustively researched and compelling written work of political and judicial history, the authors argue that while the legal and operational regimes needed to apprehend and deliver suspected war criminals to justice are largely in place, the political will on the part of states to make arrests happen in a consistent and apolitical manner remains elusive. And until this situation is rectified, murderers will get away with murder, and torturers will retire with pensions"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-460) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the promise of international justice; title: To Nuremberg and beyond; title: The hunters and the hunted; title: The last Nazi war criminals; title: Balkan fugitives, international prosecutors; title: Tracking Rwanda's genocidaires; title: Hybrid tribunals : thinking globally, acting locally; title: International Criminal Court : at the mercy of states; title: The "War on Terror" and its legacy; title: Epilogue : the future of global justice.